How to Cure Grandma in Wind Waker
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To cure Grandma in Wind Waker, you need to bring a fairy with you or simply climb the mountain path and enter the fairy well to catch a small fairy in your bottle, then go back to Grandma, equip the bottle, target her and use the fairy. This action will cure Grandma on the spot, and as a reward, you will receive some of her healing Elixir Soup.
Frequently Asked Questions
About Grandma and the Game
- What happened to Grandma in Wind Waker?: Grandma cares for Link with a kind tone and a warm demeanor, but when Aryll is kidnapped and Link gives chase, her health deteriorates, leaving her bedridden.
- How do you get Grandma’s soup in Wind Waker?: Link can get the Soup after he cures his Grandmother, when she falls ill, by going to Fairy Fountain on Outset Island to get a Fairy that will heal her.
- What happened to Link’s Grandma?: Later in the game, when Link returns to retrieve Nayru’s Pearl from Jabun, he sees that his grandmother is deeply ill, and Sue-Belle tells Link that ever since he left, Grandma has been depressed and rarely leaves the house.
About Game Mechanics and Items
- How do you get past the Whirlpool in Wind Waker?: To get past the Whirlpool, go back to your boat and you will soon be sucked into a whirlpool, then equip the Bombs and fire away at the large gate.
- How do you heal in Hero mode Wind Waker?: In Hero Mode, health can only be regained through the use of Potions, making the game more challenging.
- What is the infinite soup glitch in Wind Waker?: The infinite soup glitch can be achieved by equipping some Elixir Soup, then pressing the button you assigned it to and the start button at the same time, and then swapping the bottle of Elixir Soup with an empty bottle or another item on the items screen.
About Characters and Lore
- Was Link’s dad a knight?: In Breath of the Wild, Link’s Father was a knight who serves Hyrule’s Royal Family, and from this relation, Link followed his father’s path to become a knight as well.
- What happened to Zelda’s mother in Breath of the Wild?: According to King Rhoam’s journal entry, Zelda’s mother died when Zelda was only six years old.
- Is Gaepora Zelda’s Father?: Gaepora is a character in Skyward Sword, who is the father of Zelda, the headmaster of the Knight Academy, and the owner of Mia.
About Game Development and Trivia
- Why was Wind Waker 2 cancelled?: Wind Waker 2 was being developed but was cancelled due to the poor reception and steady decline in sales of the first game, and the development team shifted over to Twilight Princess.
- Is Wind Waker Link a child?: Link is a “Young Link”, not an “Adult Link”, and according to the official Nintendo Player’s Guide for Wind Waker, Link is 12 years old in Wind Waker.
- Why is Zora not in Wind Waker?: The Rito tribe are the descendants of the Zora tribe, and the Goddesses had kicked the Zora out of the ocean, as they could swim to the bottom of the ocean to find Old Hyrule.
About Relationships and Names
- Are Link and Ganon related?: Ganon is not the same person in every game, and he is a reincarnation of Demise, like Zelda is a reincarnation of the goddess Hylia and Link is a reincarnation of the Hero of Skyward Sword.
- Does Link love Zelda?: While Link and Zelda aren’t in a canon-confirmed romantic relationship, they share a loving, caring relationship.
- What is Link’s full name Zelda?: Link has never been officially given a last name by Nintendo, though Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto has joked that his full name would be “Link Link” in reference to the last names given to Mario and Luigi in the 1993 Super Mario Bros. movie.